Oooooooooooh. I love cross stitch. It's my first love too, but my eyes are going bad. I have some of Martina's Mandelas charts, but never actually done one. I'm partial to Blackbird Designs, The Drawn Thread, Jeannette Douglas and Just Nan.
Your work is beautiful, I'll have to post a few of my own. I did a counted canvas by Brenda Kocher that I think is just too cool.